Plouffe calls concerned Democrats "bed-wetters"???

[Yurovsky]

Last edited Wed Oct 10, 2012, 07:40 PM - Edit history (2)

I am not panicked but I am certainly concerned WRT the President's performance in the first debate. That DOES NOT make me a "bed-wetter". I fully expect President Obama to turn the tables on Mittens in rounds 2 & 3, but calling concerned Democrats names does little to firm up support or inspire.












http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/83a47852-12fd-11e2-bca6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_us%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct#axzz28tAGhlGb

[bigdarryl]

1. OH nice going asshole what a way to PISS OFF your base

[treestar]

16. So they can dish out criticism but not take it?

[Doctor Jack]

2. Doesn't that quote come from 2008?

Maybe he said it again but he has been saying it for a long time. Not sure why it is pissing everyone off now.

[Yurovsky]

5. It's not helpful, plus the only "bed-wetters" I know of...

are all the right-wing bible-thumpers who are afraid of people they don't know marrying other people they don't know, who just happen to be the same gender.

[muriel_volestrangler]

20. Yes, it's from 2008

In 2008, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe famously told his staff to ignore the pundits and cable channels, believing that the kind of bluster and fluff that animates them is not the same thing voters were seeking.

He also spoke often of having to calm the "bedwetters"—his term for supporters and others who freaked out whenever disconcerting, but ultimately inconsequential, developments arose.

Right after the first debate of 2012 had ended, Plouffe, now a senior adviser, offered a variation on that, saying the Obama campaign doesn't "believe in decisive moments."

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2012/10/6537778/obama-lost-every-pundit-agrees-so-now-what

The FT article doesn't say he's said it this year, just a generic:

Just as Mr Romney was forced to quell panic in Republican ranks before the debate, now it is Mr Obama’s turn.

David Plouffe, a senior presidential adviser, blames such periodic outbreaks of panic on the “bed-wetters” in the Democratic party.

But DUers couldn't get all outraged with a DU thread titled "Plouffe doesn't believe in decisive moments", so the 4 year old quote gets the play.

[Tcbys]

3. Thats not very nice I was a Bed wetter when I was young.

[valerief]

4. How Rahmian. nt

[KelleyD]

6. Stop it now!

I don't know when this was said but just stop it now! This does us no good to turn against our own. Focus...Forward.

[WI_DEM]

7. I wonder if he's reading DU? since it's a common name used around here for a week

about people who keep harping on the debate which is a week ago and not moving ahead.

[KelleyD]

8. Link has nothing.

This link has NOTHING! What are you talking about what Plouffe said? Are you trying to stir up something>

[Yurovsky]

11. I edited it once...

the ads that DU loads into posts sometimes cuts links addresses in half. You can search Financial Times for "Obama Campaign Trys To Quell Panic", the Plouffe quote is in the 3rd paragraph IIRC,

[JI7]

9. isn't it accurate when it comes to people like Ed Schultz,Matthews, Andrew Sullivan

i know Sullivan doesn't count as a Dem, but among supporters who reacted a certain way.

[KelleyD]

10. I agree withprevious poster.

Time is of the essence ! We have got to regroup and stop whining. We have a terrific Pres and we have got to stop eating our own. I did not see our Pres doing as bad as some Pundits did. They want a horse race. Let's get our shit together and attack Rmoney instead of our own.

[TroyD]

12. Plouffe has always been a bit of prat

And this is not appropriate language coming from someone who works for the President.

He just keep quiet until after the election and focus on helping Obama more than he did last week.

[cliffordu]

13. Fucking Obama's people can't stop offending

the panic peeps.

[VirginiaTarheel]

14. So he gets tough with Obama supporters and tells Obama to go soft on Romney at debates?

[frazzled]

15. Oh, what? You can dish it out but you can't take it?

This kind of makes me laugh. Thousands of posts here the last week dishing out complaints, fears, advice ... with plenty of foul language and insults being flung.
But heaven forfend someone (in charge) should tell you to chill. Oh my, Miss Mergatroyd, pass me the smelling salts!

[WeekendWarrior]

17. Bed Wetters seems appropriate to me

I can't believe how much people are freaking out over this nonsense. You act as if you've never been through an election before. The numbers go up and down. They tighten as you get closer to election day. ALWAYS happens.

Quit pissing the bed and relax. Obama's a lock.

[budkin]

18. He's just butthurt because Obama took his advice to be a wuss

Plouffe can eat sh*t.

[polichick]

19. So Plouffe tells the Prez to be polite to Rmoney while debating...

...but it's okay to trash the base.

Fuck off Plouffe - on both counts!!

[Arkana]

21. Getting pissed over a quote from 2008?

Come on. Really?

[FSogol]

22. Unrec. Quote is from 2008 and taken out of context. Trying to stir up anti-Obama hatred

right before the election?